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GoDaddy builds new customer service center, hires 60 people

Domain registrar GoDaddy.com is expecting to open its new customer care center it is currently building in Iowa. The company plans to hire approximately 60 people (locally) in order to support the new customer service office.

.CN domain registrations suspended

China’s Internet Affairs organization CNNIC has suspended overseas registrars from registering a .cn domain name. The decision was based on often usage of such domains in pornography and illegal activities. Many networks outside China started to prevent emails from going to its destinations if they contain a link to a .cn domain.

Mozilla adds new data center in Phoenix

An open-source software development company Mozilla has added its second data center location in Phoenix. The new facility will house approximately eighty servers and six racks. The new location was launched to support Mozilla’s DC in San Jose, CA. The company also has satellite locations in Beijing and Amsterdam.

Peak 10 credit facility expanded

Peak 10‘s credit facility was expanded to $95 million. The company has seen a significant growth last year due to few data center acquisitions, including Louisville and Fort Lauderdale locations. Previously, Peak 10 has also launched two green DCs.

Judge shuts down anti-visa propaganda websites

A New Jersey judge has ordered domain registrar and hosting provider GoDaddy.com to shut down three websites hosted by the company: itgrunt.com, guestworkerfraud.com, and endh1b.com. The sites opposed the government run H-1B work visa, which allows foreign nationals to come and work in the United States.

Web hosting socially and in the cloud in 2010

Making predictions for web hosting in the coming year is a bit like playing Pin the Tail on the Donkey – odds are if you do it enough, you will hit on something that will pertain to the masses. The two most often mentioned trends for 2010 are cloud computing and social media integration.

Cisco saves $120,000 in energy costs

By applying a Virtual Facility simulation method, Cisco has reportedly saved more than $100,000 on its energy bill in its San Jose Campus in 2009. The total bill of the company in its San Jose offices is $1.4 million, $660,000 of which represent the cooling energy cost.

InetServices adds new Dell PowerVaults to their line

InetServices web hosting provider has added Dell PowerVault MD3000 and MD3000i modular disk storage array to their offering. Some of its customers sought these new models for more storage. The company has previously offered the MD1000 model for more than two years.

Gogax releases new customer portal

Gogax unveiled its new customer portal, in which it has improved on account management functions, detailed bandwidth reports, and operating system reloads. Before the official launch, customers tested the new portal to weed out bugs and test functionality. The new technology is offered at no cost with all regular server products.

Shoppers seek out green energy retailers

According to a recent study by web hosting provider 1&1 (UK branch), online shoppers look for retailers that use green energy and services. One in four out of 1,500 surveyed consumers expect that the stores where they will buy their products use eco-friendly services across their procedures. Also, 37 percent of Britons expect that online […]